I’m a one-man shop that focuses on computer and consumer electronics repair. I’m not a retail shop -- I don’t have anything to sell. If a part or product is needed, I buy it, usually from eBay, directly on behalf of my customers. I work on PCs, Macs, tablets, cell phones, and laser printers. I’ll work on ink printers too, but generally that costs too much and it’s cheaper to replace them. I occasi
onally work on other items like flat-screen televisions if the repair is simple and parts are available. I use a flat-rate pricing model that ranges from $10 to $100. A consultation for advice is $10. A consultation with simple labor is $20. Diagnosing a computer with a written report, installing a program, or a simple parts installation is $40. Data recovery, migration, or hard drive imaging, a complex parts installation, installing multiple programs, tuning up a computer, or repairing a computer’s operating system are all $60. Installing an operating system is $80. Installing an operating system while saving and replacing data where it belongs is $100. I have a simple discount system. If there are multiple labor charges involved in working on a single computer, I add a discount of $20 off the total. My shop is a package drop-off location for United Parcel Service (UPS). It is intended for packages that already have shipping labels, but I can create a shipping label in a pinch. I add a $3.00 service fee in that case.
